[atwrk]

To my knowledge none of the players is even profitable on inference, though Google probably is, considering the continuous release of papers around kv cache optimizations, mtp etc.

[aurareturn]

Your knowledge is off. Inference is highly profitable - at least for OpenAI and Anthropic.

[atwrk]

I'd be delighted if you can link to actual numbers supporting this assumption, as all reputable reporting says OpenAI's revenue is smaller than their inference cost, e.g. https://www.ft.com/content/fce77ba4-6231-4920-9e99-693a6c38e...